market price

noun

: a price actually given in current market dealings

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Like other gold bullion products, individual segments can typically be sold to dealers at prevailing market prices. Jessica Walrack, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026 The $2,000 drug costs the hospital $1,000 after discounts but then gets reimbursed by Medicare off of the $1,400 market price. Torie Bosch, STAT, 11 Apr. 2026 But eye-watering secondary market prices are an example of how desirable concerts have become a hot commodity for predatory re-sellers. Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 Electric rates follow a familiar pattern in Rhode Island, rising in the winter and falling in the summer in response to wholesale market prices for natural gas, the primary heating and electric generation fuel in New England. Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for market price

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of market price was in the 15th century

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“Market price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20price. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

Legal Definition

market price

noun
1
: the price at which a security is currently selling on the market
2
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